Microsoft Certified Professional Job Trends in Berkshire

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Microsoft Certified Professional qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 - 141
Rank change year-on-year - - +28
Permanent jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional 3 0 14
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.15% - 0.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.50% - 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 14
10th Percentile - - £29,175
25th Percentile £32,750 - £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 - £31,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +31.25%
75th Percentile £46,500 - £50,644
90th Percentile £53,850 - £56,525
South East median annual salary £29,000 £27,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +5.45% -26.67% +7.14%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Berkshire

Microsoft Certified Professional falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 604 816 1,235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 29.78% 50.90% 50.02%
Number of salaries quoted 175 284 956
10th Percentile £32,750 £35,225 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,065 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.36% +18.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £81,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £76,850 £95,000 £92,500
South East median annual salary £52,500 £58,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.64% +11.90% +0.96%

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microsoft Certified Professional relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Microsoft Certified Professional job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Microsoft Certified Professional
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Microsoft Certified Professional.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Microsoft Certified Professional

Microsoft Certified Professional
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional in Berkshire over the 6 months to 30 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Microsoft Certified Professional in Berkshire

Microsoft Certified Professional
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certified Professional within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 30 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading - 1 £57,500 -
Microsoft Certified Professional
South East

Microsoft Certified Professional
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) IIS
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
2 2 (66.67%) VLAN
2 2 (66.67%) VPN
2 2 (66.67%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
3 1 (33.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) IT Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) IT Support
1 2 (66.67%) IT Support Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior IT Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Senior IT Support
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Support Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Privacy
1 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Proactive Maintenance
2 1 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
1 3 (100.00%) MCSA
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (66.67%) DBS Check
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Certification
3 1 (33.33%) CCNA
3 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (33.33%) HND
3 1 (33.33%) MCSE
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (33.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) VMware